Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 3580E

Diageo PLC

29 May 2012

 



Diageo plc ('the Company') announces that it has today purchased through UBS Limited 453,367 ordinary shares at a price of 1530.3511 pence per share. The purchased shares will be held in treasury for the purpose of satisfying options grants and share awards made under the Company's employee share plans.

The total number of shares purchased to be held in Treasury for the purpose of satisfying options grants and share awards made under the Company's employee share plans is 8,219,999 from 1st July 2011 to today's date.

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 248,284,957 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,505,830,378.

 

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